US20150316449A1 - Tire Sidewall For A Heavy Civil Engineering Vehicle - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a tire for a heavy vehicle of the civil engineering type intended to move around in an environment of darkness, such as a vehicle used in underground mining.
- Vehicles used in underground mining operations usually move around in an environment of darkness. In any case, they are constrained in their movements by the cramped nature of the tunnels, the severity of the direction changes, for example in the case of a network of perpendicular tunnels, and by the near total darkness prevailing in underground mines. In this visually degraded environment, the risk of collision between a vehicle and any obstacle present in its path, such as the wall of a tunnel, is not insignificant.
- a retroreflective device which is a passive system, intended to highlight the presence of an object by night or in darkness and which is based on the application of the optical system known as a retroreflector.
- Retroreflection is the name given to reflection in which the rays of light are reflected in a direction similar to the direction from which they came, this property being maintained despite wide variations in the direction of the incident rays.
- a retroreflective device is the name given to a device which, when irradiated directionally, retroreflects a relatively high proportion of the incident radiation.
- a retroreflective tire within the meaning of the abovementioned regulation 88 , is a tire ready for use comprising a retroreflective circle incorporated into each of the sidewalls of the tire.
- the marketplace includes adhesive tapes, technical fabrics, paints, and coating products based on glass microbeads acting as reflective pigment.
- a tire comprises a tread intended to come into contact with the ground via a tread surface.
- the tread surface extends axially, i.e. parallel to the axis of rotation of the tire, between two axial ends.
- Each axial end of the tread surface is extended radially inwards, namely in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the tire, by two tread end faces.
- Each tread end face is extended radially inwards by a sidewall external face.
- the assembly consisting of a tread end face and the sidewall external face extending it radially inwards constitutes a tire lateral face.
- an external surface of the tire is the assembly made up of the tread surface and the two tire lateral faces, which are symmetric about the equatorial plane of the tire passing through the middle of the tread surface and perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the tire.
- the external surface of the tire is generally subjected to mechanical attack, on the one hand because of the presence of numerous somewhat angular blocks of stone on the ground and, on the other hand, because of the aggressiveness of the tunnel walls which are hewn from rock.
- This mechanical attack may cause chunks of material to be torn out, particularly from the lateral faces of the tire, or may even cause the tire to puncture.
- the tire has to be replaced prematurely in relation to its usual life, leading to additional operating costs.
- changing the tire may moreover prove difficult given the cramped environment and the vehicle may even become stuck in a tunnel, as a result of a tilting of the axle on which the punctured tire is mounted. In any event, the immobilization of the vehicle results in a loss of productivity.
- the inventors have set themselves the objective of allowing visual detection, in an environment of darkness, of the attacked zones of the lateral faces of a tire fitted to a heavy vehicle of civil engineering type used in an aggressive mechanical environment such as that of underground mines.
- a method for indicating attacks on a tire for a heavy vehicle of the civil engineering type comprising a tread, the tread comprising a tread surface having two axial ends extended radially inwards by two tread end faces, each tread end face being extended radially inwards by a sidewall external face, a tread end face and the sidewall external face extending it radially inwards constituting a tire lateral face, the method comprising:
- a first step of applying a retroreflective covering material to at least part of at least one tire lateral face allowing visual detection in an environment of darkness of that part of at least one tire lateral face
- a method of indicating attacks on the tire is a method that makes it possible visually in an environment of darkness to determine a qualitative and/or quantitative level of attack on the tire. What is meant by attack is any accidental removal of elastomeric material on a lateral face of the tire, either at an end face of the tread or at an external face of the sidewall. An attack within the meaning of the invention does not cover the tread surface.
- the method of indicating attacks on the tire comprises a first step of applying a retroreflective covering material to at least part of at least one tire lateral face allowing visual detection in an environment of darkness of that part of at least one tire lateral face.
- a retroreflective covering material is therefore applied to a tire lateral face.
- the mode of application depends on the nature of the retroreflective covering material. It may involve a step of placement, followed by a step of fixing, for example by heating, the retroreflective covering material.
- the retroreflective covering material prefferably be applied to just one lateral face of the tire, particularly the outside lateral face of the tire which is the only face visible when the tire is mounted on the axle of a vehicle.
- the retroreflective covering material may be applied to only part of the lateral face of the relevant tire, particularly that part which is supposed to be most liable to attack.
- This tire lateral face part may be limited to all or part of the end face of the tread and/or all or part of the sidewall external face.
- the retroreflective covering material thus applied to a tire lateral face allows the tire to be identified individually when stored, for example, in a storage location of an underground mine. It also allows the identification of the vehicle on which it is mounted.
- the method for indicating attacks on the tire comprises a second step of using the tire in a mechanically aggressive environment.
- the tire mounted on an axle of a vehicle, runs in its operating environment which is mechanically aggressive on the one hand because of the presence of numerous rather angular blocks of stone on the ground and on the other hand because of the aggressiveness of the tunnel walls hewn from the rock.
- the result of this is that those tire lateral face parts that have been attacked, which initially were covered with the retroreflective covering material, will lose the said retroreflective covering material as a result of the mechanical attacks suffered by the tire in use.
- the method for indicating attacks on the tire comprises a third step of identifying, in an environment of darkness, the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face initially covered with the retroreflective covering material and now devoid of the said retroreflective covering material as a result of the mechanical attack experienced by the tire in use.
- the attacked zones of the tire lateral face which were initially covered with the retroreflective covering material will thus be able to be distinguished from the zones that have not been attacked through the disappearance of the retroreflective covering material. Retroreflective non-attacked zones and black-coloured attacked zones will thus be able to be seen on the tire lateral face. Local disappearance of the retroreflective covering is an indication of local attack on the tire lateral face.
- Another advantage of the invention is that the stones or blocks of stone that cause the attack of the tire lateral faces will bear traces of the retro-reflective covering thus torn out. This will make it possible to determine which points are the most harmful to the tire along the path followed by the vehicle.
- the first step is a step of applying a retroreflective covering material to at least part of at least one sidewall external face.
- detection of the attacked zones is limited to a sidewall external face.
- the first step is a step of applying a retroreflective covering material to at least part of at least one tread end face.
- detection of the attacked zones is limited to a tread end face.
- the first step is a step of applying a retroreflective covering material of coating product type.
- a retroreflective covering material of the coating product type may be a paint which offers the advantage of being easy to apply to a tire lateral face.
- the first step is a step of applying a retroreflective covering material of the coating product type containing glass microbeads.
- This type of retroreflective covering material offers the advantage firstly of performing very well in terms of retroreflection and secondly of being particularly well suited to application to an elastomeric material such as that which makes up the tire lateral face.
- the method of applying such a retroreflective covering material is well known to those skilled in the art. By way of example, document U.S. Pat. No. 6,623,793 describes such a method of application.
- the third step of identifying, in an environment of darkness, the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face comprises a step of locating the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face.
- the indicator of attack is a purely qualitative indicator based on the location of the attacked zones alone.
- the third step of identifying, in an environment of darkness, the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face comprises a step of measuring the depth of the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face.
- the tire lateral face may be provided with circumferential grooves adjacent two by two and of different depths and covered with a retroreflective covering material.
- identifying which grooves are still covered with retroreflective covering material after the attack provides an indication that the depth of the attack is less than that of the grooves that are still intact. This then gives a quantitative indication of the depth of the attack.
- the third step of identifying, in an environment of darkness, the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face comprises a step of measuring the spread of the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face. Measuring the spread of an attacked zone may simply consist in estimating the geometric area thereof.
- the indicator of attack may be a quantitative indicator such as, for example and nonexhaustively, a range within which the geometric areas of the attacked zones are contained, or the total geometric area attacked, which is the sum of the geometric areas of the attacked zones.
- the third step of identifying, in an environment of darkness, the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face comprises a step of counting the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face.
- the indicator of attack may be a quantitative indicator such as, for example and non-exhaustively, the total number of attacked zones on the tire lateral face or the number of attacked zones on a given part of a tire lateral face.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 have not been drawn to scale.
- FIG. 1 depicts a meridian half-section of a tire, which means a section on a meridian plane containing the axis of rotation of the tire.
- FIG. 2 depicts a profile view of a tire according to the invention.
- the tire 1 comprises a tread 2 .
- the tread 2 comprises a tread surface 3 having an axial end extended radially inwards by a tread end face 4 .
- the tread end face 4 is extended radially inwards by a sidewall external face 5 .
- the tread end face 4 and the sidewall external face 5 extending it radially inwards constitute a tire lateral face 6 .
- a retroreflective covering material 7 is applied to at least part of the tire lateral face 6 and, in this particular instance, to part of the sidewall external face 5 .
- the thickness of retroreflective covering material 7 has not been drawn to scale here, in order to aid understanding.
- a discontinuity in the retroreflective covering material 7 indicates a zone 8 that has been attacked.
- the tire 1 viewed in profile, comprises a tread 2 intended to come into contact with the ground via a tread surface 3 .
- the tire lateral face 6 consisting of the tread end face 4 and the sidewall external face 5 , is covered over part of the sidewall external face 5 with a retroreflective covering material 7 which stands proud of the sidewall external face 5 .
- Attacked zones 8 in the part of the sidewall external face 5 that was initially covered with the retroreflective covering material 7 are also depicted, in the form of hatched discontinuities in the retroreflective covering material 7 .
- the invention was more particularly tested on a tire fitted to an underground mining operating vehicle, with a retroreflective material of the coating product containing glass microbeads applied.
- the inventors were able to observe the expected advantages in terms of indication of attack.
- the invention may be extended to any type of retroreflective covering material compatible with an elastomeric material.
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- The present invention relates to a tire for a heavy vehicle of the civil engineering type intended to move around in an environment of darkness, such as a vehicle used in underground mining.
- Vehicles used in underground mining operations, either at the cutting face, or for transporting ore, usually move around in an environment of darkness. In any case, they are constrained in their movements by the cramped nature of the tunnels, the severity of the direction changes, for example in the case of a network of perpendicular tunnels, and by the near total darkness prevailing in underground mines. In this visually degraded environment, the risk of collision between a vehicle and any obstacle present in its path, such as the wall of a tunnel, is not insignificant.
- As the main source of light is limited to the beams emitted by the head lamps of the miners, locating these vehicles is particularly difficult. Visual detection of these vehicles in an environment of darkness is therefore an important requirement for an operator of an underground mine.
- As far as visually detecting an object in an environment of darkness is concerned it is known practice to use a retroreflective device, which is a passive system, intended to highlight the presence of an object by night or in darkness and which is based on the application of the optical system known as a retroreflector.
- Retroreflection is the name given to reflection in which the rays of light are reflected in a direction similar to the direction from which they came, this property being maintained despite wide variations in the direction of the incident rays.
- A retroreflective device is the name given to a device which, when irradiated directionally, retroreflects a relatively high proportion of the incident radiation.
- It is known practice to incorporate retroreflective covering materials into the sidewalls of a tire, particularly a tire for a two-wheeled vehicle. Agreement addendum 87 to UN regulation 88 of 20 Mar. 1958 concerning the adoption of uniform conditions of approval and reciprocal recognition of approval from motor vehicle equipment and parts defines the uniform provisions concerning the approval of retroreflective tires for two-wheeled vehicles. A retroreflective tire, within the meaning of the abovementioned regulation 88, is a tire ready for use comprising a retroreflective circle incorporated into each of the sidewalls of the tire.
- Through the materials and shapes used for a retroreflective device, manufacturers are looking for the best light reflection index, limiting losses of intensity through diffusion or absorption into the material. The basic materials are varied and adapted to the various uses. By way of examples and nonexhaustively, the marketplace includes adhesive tapes, technical fabrics, paints, and coating products based on glass microbeads acting as reflective pigment.
- It is therefore beneficial to apply a retroreflective covering material to the sidewalls of a tire for a heavy vehicle of the civil engineering type intended to move around in an environment of darkness in order to allow the tire and the vehicle on which it is mounted to be detected visually in an environment of darkness.
- A tire comprises a tread intended to come into contact with the ground via a tread surface. The tread surface extends axially, i.e. parallel to the axis of rotation of the tire, between two axial ends. Each axial end of the tread surface is extended radially inwards, namely in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the tire, by two tread end faces. Each tread end face is extended radially inwards by a sidewall external face. The assembly consisting of a tread end face and the sidewall external face extending it radially inwards constitutes a tire lateral face. What is meant by an external surface of the tire is the assembly made up of the tread surface and the two tire lateral faces, which are symmetric about the equatorial plane of the tire passing through the middle of the tread surface and perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the tire.
- In an underground mining environment, the external surface of the tire is generally subjected to mechanical attack, on the one hand because of the presence of numerous somewhat angular blocks of stone on the ground and, on the other hand, because of the aggressiveness of the tunnel walls which are hewn from rock.
- This mechanical attack may cause chunks of material to be torn out, particularly from the lateral faces of the tire, or may even cause the tire to puncture. In the event of significant chunking, the tire has to be replaced prematurely in relation to its usual life, leading to additional operating costs. In the event of a puncture, changing the tire may moreover prove difficult given the cramped environment and the vehicle may even become stuck in a tunnel, as a result of a tilting of the axle on which the punctured tire is mounted. In any event, the immobilization of the vehicle results in a loss of productivity.
- There is therefore a great benefit, to an operator of an underground mine, in being able visually in an environment of darkness to detect the attacked zones of the tire lateral faces in order to be able to plan in the necessary maintenance operations.
- The inventors have set themselves the objective of allowing visual detection, in an environment of darkness, of the attacked zones of the lateral faces of a tire fitted to a heavy vehicle of civil engineering type used in an aggressive mechanical environment such as that of underground mines.
- This objective has been achieved by a method for indicating attacks on a tire for a heavy vehicle of the civil engineering type, the tire comprising a tread, the tread comprising a tread surface having two axial ends extended radially inwards by two tread end faces, each tread end face being extended radially inwards by a sidewall external face, a tread end face and the sidewall external face extending it radially inwards constituting a tire lateral face, the method comprising:
- a first step of applying a retroreflective covering material to at least part of at least one tire lateral face allowing visual detection in an environment of darkness of that part of at least one tire lateral face,
- a second step of using the tire in a mechanically aggressive environment,
- a third step of identifying, in an environment of darkness, the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face initially covered with the retroreflective covering material and now devoid of the said retroreflective covering material as a result of the mechanical attack experienced by the tire in use.
- A method of indicating attacks on the tire is a method that makes it possible visually in an environment of darkness to determine a qualitative and/or quantitative level of attack on the tire. What is meant by attack is any accidental removal of elastomeric material on a lateral face of the tire, either at an end face of the tread or at an external face of the sidewall. An attack within the meaning of the invention does not cover the tread surface.
- The method of indicating attacks on the tire comprises a first step of applying a retroreflective covering material to at least part of at least one tire lateral face allowing visual detection in an environment of darkness of that part of at least one tire lateral face.
- A retroreflective covering material is therefore applied to a tire lateral face. The mode of application depends on the nature of the retroreflective covering material. It may involve a step of placement, followed by a step of fixing, for example by heating, the retroreflective covering material.
- It is possible for the retroreflective covering material to be applied to just one lateral face of the tire, particularly the outside lateral face of the tire which is the only face visible when the tire is mounted on the axle of a vehicle.
- It is possible for the retroreflective covering material to be applied to only part of the lateral face of the relevant tire, particularly that part which is supposed to be most liable to attack. This tire lateral face part may be limited to all or part of the end face of the tread and/or all or part of the sidewall external face.
- The retroreflective covering material thus applied to a tire lateral face allows the tire to be identified individually when stored, for example, in a storage location of an underground mine. It also allows the identification of the vehicle on which it is mounted.
- The method for indicating attacks on the tire comprises a second step of using the tire in a mechanically aggressive environment.
- In this second step, the tire, mounted on an axle of a vehicle, runs in its operating environment which is mechanically aggressive on the one hand because of the presence of numerous rather angular blocks of stone on the ground and on the other hand because of the aggressiveness of the tunnel walls hewn from the rock. The result of this is that those tire lateral face parts that have been attacked, which initially were covered with the retroreflective covering material, will lose the said retroreflective covering material as a result of the mechanical attacks suffered by the tire in use.
- The method for indicating attacks on the tire comprises a third step of identifying, in an environment of darkness, the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face initially covered with the retroreflective covering material and now devoid of the said retroreflective covering material as a result of the mechanical attack experienced by the tire in use.
- In this third step, the attacked zones of the tire lateral face which were initially covered with the retroreflective covering material will thus be able to be distinguished from the zones that have not been attacked through the disappearance of the retroreflective covering material. Retroreflective non-attacked zones and black-coloured attacked zones will thus be able to be seen on the tire lateral face. Local disappearance of the retroreflective covering is an indication of local attack on the tire lateral face.
- Another advantage of the invention is that the stones or blocks of stone that cause the attack of the tire lateral faces will bear traces of the retro-reflective covering thus torn out. This will make it possible to determine which points are the most harmful to the tire along the path followed by the vehicle.
- According to a first embodiment, the first step is a step of applying a retroreflective covering material to at least part of at least one sidewall external face. In other words, detection of the attacked zones is limited to a sidewall external face.
- According to a second embodiment, the first step is a step of applying a retroreflective covering material to at least part of at least one tread end face. In other words, detection of the attacked zones is limited to a tread end face.
- According to one preferred embodiment, the first step is a step of applying a retroreflective covering material of coating product type. By way of example, a retroreflective covering material of the coating product type may be a paint which offers the advantage of being easy to apply to a tire lateral face.
- More preferably still, the first step is a step of applying a retroreflective covering material of the coating product type containing glass microbeads. This type of retroreflective covering material offers the advantage firstly of performing very well in terms of retroreflection and secondly of being particularly well suited to application to an elastomeric material such as that which makes up the tire lateral face. The method of applying such a retroreflective covering material is well known to those skilled in the art. By way of example, document U.S. Pat. No. 6,623,793 describes such a method of application.
- According to a first alternative form, the third step of identifying, in an environment of darkness, the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face comprises a step of locating the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face. In other words, the indicator of attack is a purely qualitative indicator based on the location of the attacked zones alone.
- According to a second alternative form, the third step of identifying, in an environment of darkness, the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face comprises a step of measuring the depth of the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face. For that reason the tire lateral face may be provided with circumferential grooves adjacent two by two and of different depths and covered with a retroreflective covering material. Under such conditions, identifying which grooves are still covered with retroreflective covering material after the attack provides an indication that the depth of the attack is less than that of the grooves that are still intact. This then gives a quantitative indication of the depth of the attack.
- According to a third alternative form, the third step of identifying, in an environment of darkness, the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face comprises a step of measuring the spread of the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face. Measuring the spread of an attacked zone may simply consist in estimating the geometric area thereof. In that case, the indicator of attack may be a quantitative indicator such as, for example and nonexhaustively, a range within which the geometric areas of the attacked zones are contained, or the total geometric area attacked, which is the sum of the geometric areas of the attacked zones.
- Finally, according to a fourth alternative form, the third step of identifying, in an environment of darkness, the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face comprises a step of counting the attacked zones of the part of at least one tire lateral face. In that case, the indicator of attack may be a quantitative indicator such as, for example and non-exhaustively, the total number of attacked zones on the tire lateral face or the number of attacked zones on a given part of a tire lateral face.
- The features of the invention will be better understood with the aid of the description of the attached
FIGS. 1 and 2 . - In order to make them easier to understand,
FIGS. 1 and 2 have not been drawn to scale. -
FIG. 1 depicts a meridian half-section of a tire, which means a section on a meridian plane containing the axis of rotation of the tire. -
FIG. 2 depicts a profile view of a tire according to the invention. - In
FIG. 1 , thetire 1, only a meridian half-section of which has been depicted, comprises atread 2. Thetread 2 comprises atread surface 3 having an axial end extended radially inwards by atread end face 4. Thetread end face 4 is extended radially inwards by a sidewallexternal face 5. Thetread end face 4 and the sidewallexternal face 5 extending it radially inwards constitute a tirelateral face 6. Aretroreflective covering material 7 is applied to at least part of the tirelateral face 6 and, in this particular instance, to part of the sidewallexternal face 5. The thickness ofretroreflective covering material 7 has not been drawn to scale here, in order to aid understanding. A discontinuity in theretroreflective covering material 7 indicates azone 8 that has been attacked. - In
FIG. 2 , thetire 1, viewed in profile, comprises atread 2 intended to come into contact with the ground via atread surface 3. The tirelateral face 6, consisting of thetread end face 4 and the sidewallexternal face 5, is covered over part of the sidewallexternal face 5 with aretroreflective covering material 7 which stands proud of the sidewallexternal face 5. Attackedzones 8 in the part of the sidewallexternal face 5 that was initially covered with theretroreflective covering material 7 are also depicted, in the form of hatched discontinuities in theretroreflective covering material 7. - The invention was more particularly tested on a tire fitted to an underground mining operating vehicle, with a retroreflective material of the coating product containing glass microbeads applied. The inventors were able to observe the expected advantages in terms of indication of attack.
- The invention may be extended to any type of retroreflective covering material compatible with an elastomeric material.
- It may also be extended to a method in which the step of applying the retroreflective covering material is incorporated into the method of manufacturing the tire, namely is prior, rather than subsequent as in the present invention, to the step of curing the tire.
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